meeli
See also: Meeli
Estonian
Noun
meeli
Ingrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meeli. Cognates include Finnish mieli and Estonian meel.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmeːli/, [ˈmeːlʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeːlʲi/, [ˈme̝ːlʲi]
- Rhymes: -eːlʲ, -eːlʲi
- Hyphenation: mee‧li
Noun
meeli
- mood
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 38:
- Heil ono hyvä meeli.
- They are in a good mood.
- (literally, “They have a good mood.”)
- mind
- thought
- 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
- Sanokaa veel milläin ikkee meeli oravast.
- Also say any kind of thought about a squirrel.
- reason, sense
Declension
| Declension of meeli (type 5/keeli, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | meeli | meelet |
| genitive | meelen | meeliin, meelilöin |
| partitive | meeltä, meelt | meeliä, meelilöjä |
| illative | meelee | meelii, meelilöihe |
| inessive | meelees | meeliis, meelilöis |
| elative | meelest | meelist, meelilöist |
| allative | meelelle | meelille, meelilöille |
| adessive | meeleel | meeliil, meelilöil |
| ablative | meelelt | meelilt, meelilöilt |
| translative | meeleks | meeliks, meelilöiks |
| essive | meelennä, meeleen | meelinnä, meelilöinnä, meeliin, meelilöin |
| exessive1) | meelent | meelint, meelilöint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meeli.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeːli/, [ˈmʲeːli]
- Rhymes: -eːli
- Hyphenation: mee‧li
Noun
meeli
Inflection
| Declension of meeli (type X/tuli, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | meeli | meeled |
| genitive | meele | meelije |
| partitive | meelte | meeliit |
| illative | meele, meelese | meeliise |
| inessive | meelez | meeliiz |
| elative | meeless | meeliiss |
| allative | meelelle | meeliille |
| adessive | meelell | meeliill |
| ablative | meelelt | meeliilt |
| translative | meelessi | meeliissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. | ||